Uncollected Stories and Short Fiction: Extract from The Light of Day
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Two sets of page proofs (one annotated in pencil) of an extract from The Light of Day that was to have appeared in Granta (see covering note to file from Swift). With two cards and a letter from Granta.
The introduction to the poems (in autograph and typescript drafts), together with the poems themselves in typescript, exhibiting a few revisions in pencil. Ordered differently to the published volume (see the draft list of contents) and with a small difference in selection.
Out of This World: Page Proofs (Viking) with Notes
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1. Set of page proofs (A4, two pages per sheet), with corrections in pencil. 2. Letter (21 September 1987) from Penguin Books to Swift, enclosing proofs. 3. Set of notes ( 4 sheets typescript, dated 5 October 1987): 'Additional Changes to Text, as Marked on Page Proofs of UK edition'. 4. Furt...
Text of Talk Given in Toronto Concerning The Light of Day
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Tyepscript entitled 'Canada', a talk given in Toronto (May 2003) at the start of a North American tour to promote The Light of Day. The text is lightly 'annotated for delivery' (as noted in covering sheet supplied by the author).
Annotated Text of a Short Talk on The Light of Day
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Brief text (typescript, 1 sheet, with annotations in pencil) of a talk about The Light of Day. Occasion not indicated. With an identifying cover-sheet by the author.